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Mostly dentin, check the drawing in the "Dental Anatomy" link below.
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What are the layers of a tooth in order starting with the outermost layer?
Enamel, Dentin, Pulp, Cementum.
What is the thin hard covering of the root of a tooth?
It is called the cementum and it's the third hardest substance in the human body, after the enamel and the dentin.
What is the dentin of the tooth?
It is a yellow, bone-like material under the enamel and cementum. It contains nerve fibers.
Portion of tooth embedded in bone?
Enamel (outer part, hard), dentin (under enamel), pulp (center, where most nerves are), cementum (covers root of tooth)
What is the name of the tissue that covers the crown of your tooth?
The crown has dentin covered by enamel, each root has dentin covered by cementum. The inner portion of the dentin of both the crown and the root also covers the pulp cavity of the tooth close to the CEJ.
What do you call tooth tissue?
Dentin (BE: dentine ) is a calcified tissue of the body, and along with enamel, cementum, and pulp is one of the four major components of teeth.
What is the area on the tooth where the cementum meets the enamel?
The area of the tooth where the cementum meets the enamel is called the cementoenamel junction or CEJ for short.
What is the function of cementum?
cementum Covers the root of the tooth. The primary function for the cementum is to anchor the tooth to the bony socket with the attachments of the priodontal ligaments.
Main substance of the tooth?
Dental enamel
What are sperm whales teeth made of?
A sperm whale possesses teeth with cementum cells overlying dentin cells. Unlike human teeth (which are comprised mostly of enamel on the tooth portion outside of the gum) sperm whale teeth have cementum outside the gum. Only in larger whales does some enamel show where the cementum has been worn away on the tip of the tooth, revealing the underlying enamel.
What is a dental organ?
The term "dental organ" simply refers to the tooth and to the tissues that make up the tooth while it is still becoming a tooth. There are cells that produce enamel, dentin, and cementum, all specialized components necessary for the formation of the tooth.
What is the part of the tooth made up with blood and vessels?
I believe what you are refering to is known as the nerve, also refered to as dental pulp or pulp chamber. This is found deep inside the tooth under the dentin which is under the enamel (located on top of the tooth). The cementum is the outer layer that protects the dentin on the lower half of the tooth.
